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Jaycee Caroll was honored and received tribute from Real Madrid before the second semifinal match against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Free throws this season

79%
15,1
Points made: 15,1
Accuracy: 78,5%
Place in standings: 6
Record max: 36
Record min: 4
Most made FTs: Vincent Poirier

The legendary sharpshooter made a heart-warming speech to the fans of the Royal club and received a standing ovation from them.

Here is Jaycee Carroll's speech:

"How many memories and how many years… I have wanted to come back to say some things for many months, but mainly I wanted to say thank you to everyone.

Thanks to Real Madrid for giving me the opportunity to live my dream. A decade here, I couldn't have imagined anything better than this. Many thanks to the club, to the president. I was lucky enough to be here with some good friends and colleagues for 10 years.

Thanks to Pablo Laso for making plays so that I could go out to shoot 3. Thanks to the greats for the blocks they put on me all these years and the best point guards in the world who passed the ball to me to shoot.

And of course, thanks to my family, my wife, my children. If it hadn't been for them, I wouldn't have been here in Madrid for so long. I really miss the Iberian ham and the food in Spain, but thank you very much from the bottom of my heart, I am eternally grateful for the time I was here.

Thank you very much, I love you very much.”

Carroll, who is 39 now, retired after losing the Spanish ACB finals to FC Barcelona last year. 

Caroll has spent 10 seasons with Real Madrid and played 709 games with Real jersey, which is the most games on the team ever as a non-Spanish player. The only two players that suited up more times for Real Madrid are Spanish legends Felipe Reyes and Sergio Llull.

Carroll has an incredible list of 20 titles won with Real Madrid, including 2 EuroLeague titles, 6 Copa del Rey trophies, and 5 Spanish ACB championships.

 

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Real Madrid
Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
46%
10 Position
Field goals
46%
8 Position
38,37
1 Position
Rebounds
35,69
8 Position
16,23
8 Position
Assists
16,77
6 Position
6,37
17 Position
Steals
6,97
10 Position

Teams leaders

Guerschon  Yabusele
11,7 PTS
57% 2P%
43% 3P%
Simone  Fontecchio
12,8 PTS
50% 2P%
43% 3P%
Walter  Tavares
7,0 REB
4,1 DREB
2,9 OREB
Alec  Peters
5,9 REB
4,6 DREB
1,4 OREB
Thomas  Heurtel
4,4 As
2,0 TO
18 MIN
Wade  Baldwin
3,9 As
2,4 TO
25 MIN